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Posted this little one up with three other siblings some months back, first pic below, remember that?
I mentioned then it would be sweet if this one decided to "stick around" and...well...its been an interesting year watching her...errrr....him...errr...I still don't really know, mature. Lives close, hangs out with me in garage on occasion and often comes when I call, just like momma the year prior. Likes to stop-by on the deck to finish off the beagle's filtered water, see the scond pic below taken this evening.
Wow...sure defines the epitome of a "silver fox," really cool and has become part of the family if you will.
Pic 1: Early 2010
http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r14/cunroe/Gang1.jpg
Pic 2: 10/2/2010
http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r14/cunroe/Silver1.jpg
nice snowball on it's tail. Thanks for sharing.
jerrymrc
10-02-2010, 21:11
You got a friend now.
Very nice. Growing up we had a family of racoons.
Always fun to watch these families grow.
So did the other ones split?
Do you ever touch them? Will they let you pet them?
Do you ever touch them?
Show us on the doll where...
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3496/4037210989_6dfb8bda9e_m.jpg
enthusiast
10-02-2010, 22:45
[rofl1]
Byte Stryke
10-03-2010, 00:57
Show us on the doll where...
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3496/4037210989_6dfb8bda9e_m.jpg
ROFLMAO
[ROFL1]
StagLefty
10-03-2010, 08:01
Thanks for the follow up-I actually saved the first pic because I thought it was cool ! [Beer]
Limited GM
10-03-2010, 09:03
Pretty cool.
Buzzkill=Keep in mind they can contract rabies. Might want to warn any little ones around that if the fox are acting strange to run tell Dad.
StagLefty
10-03-2010, 09:42
Ah yes I've had contact with many strange foxes in my lifetime- Oh critter fox-never mind [ROFL1]
So did the other ones split?
Do you ever touch them? Will they let you pet them?
One other traditional color lives close-by and exhibits the same behavior. While it could be from another litter I'm pretty certain it is a sibling. I suspect 2 of the 4 did not make it but if they did, they must have moved to a different territory near-by. There are way too many to keep track at the per head level.
No, I do not touch, they just like to be close-by occasionally (lay in the garage if I'm there puttering around after dark). But...I toss them a ball-cap every once in-awhile to tussle with and this silver likes to play with hats.
Awesome! Thanks for the update. Very cool looking...quite...foxy!!!
My 3 year-old has requested the following:
Picture of that black fox doing tricks
Picture of that black fox's little brother all growed up
Picture of the mom, brother, other brother, other brother, and other brother.
The names of the mom, brother, other brother, other brother, and other brother.
Heh. You can never satisfy kids.
In the fall of 2002, my neighbor across the field had a fox getting into her chickens and ducks, so she set a live-catch trap, and she caught it the first night. It was the night before Thanksgiving. The following morning she called us, so the wife, kids, and I jump into the truck and went for a visit. She had caught a young jet-black fox with a perfectly bright-white tuft on its tail. It's coat shined better than my labs coat did, and she had a nice coat. I still kick myself for not taking pictures. It was the most beautiful killing-machine I've ever seen.
Dave
I have seen jet black coyotes with silver in them out by hwy 83 on a couple of occassions. The one time i got one in the damn crosshairs he is at a full sprint, and I was shaking like a bitch to top it of. They are kinda rare,a nd a damn cool sight to see.
GhostRider
10-03-2010, 14:11
the new pic is awesome!!! would love to see more of him from time to time.
steveopia
10-03-2010, 15:27
My 3 year-old has requested the following:
Picture of that black fox doing tricks
Picture of that black fox's little brother all growed up
Picture of the mom, brother, other brother, other brother, and other brother.
The names of the mom, brother, other brother, other brother, and other brother.
Heh. You can never satisfy kids.
That's funny.
Great looking fox.
Quick fox story . . . . So I finally got one of my co-workers to go shooting with me. We went to that place where from Denver you take 285 to Pine Valley Rd and go 14.5 miles or so. I don't know the name of it. Anyways there was a bunch (way too many for my liking) of people there shooting and this fox just strolls up like hey guys what's all the noise about. Ted, the guy I took, decides he wants to feed the fox a donut stick. Not a good idea Ted but he does it anyway. Then he gets the fox to take a little piece out of his hand and it bit him. LOL. Didn't break skin but now nobody else will go shooting with me. Damn you Ted!!
Pretty cool.
Buzzkill=Keep in mind they can contract rabies. Might want to warn any little ones around that if the fox are acting strange to run tell Dad.
Rabies is certainly something to keep in mind, especially with foxes (or other wild animals for that matter) that are that comfortable around people. It's a lot harder to recognize unusual behavior that might be a sign of rabies when the animal doesn't flee at the sight of a person.
There are oral rabies vaccine baits for foxes. They're used in a lot of eastern and southern states to immunize foxes, raccoons and skunks. Don't think Colorado has an aerial vaccine bait program; closest looks to be Arizona, I think there being a problem with rabies and skunks in northern Arizona a while back?
Don't know if the rabies vaccine baits are something you can get from a vet, though in some states the local Game & Fish agency will send someone around to distribute baits if there're a lot of foxes, skunks, etc in the neighborhood.
Limited GM
10-03-2010, 18:55
Rabies is certainly something to keep in mind, especially with foxes (or other wild animals for that matter)...
I do believe there was something in the news about a couple horses being bitten......
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